Friday, April 8, 2011

Ever since I started crocheting the Goth Vampires, my boyfriend kept on bugging me to make him a crochet Zoidberg. After putting it off for a while, I decided to make one for him for Valentine's Day. It took a bit of scheming, as I had to make it in secret, and a fair bit of trial and error to get the tentacles right (I used a mix of patterns from Creepy Cute Crochet), but I was reasonably happy with how he turned out. However, I only had black eyes, so he ended up looking a bit like an Ood from Doctor Who. Not that that's a bad thing (I might actually make an Ood properly one day...). So here's Dr Oodberg!

Awhile ago I made some fingerless gloves from Crafty Beaver's pattern, and wanted to make a hat to match. After spending hours trying to find a pattern that I liked, I decided to frankenstein one up from a few different patterns, plus a bit of random adaptation, and this was the result. I made the same hat in black for a friend who wears it with crochet flower badges that match her outfits.

This hat is a snug fit on my large (59 cm) head. The pattern can be adapted by using fewer stitches (Start with multiples of 2 + 1 stitch). Try and keep to multiples of 5, or you'll need to change the decreasing rounds as well. For shorter heads, use fewer rounds between r3 and r25.

About Me

I'm in the process of doing my PhD in chemistry while trying to manage Chronic Daily Headache and various other health-issues. I've been on a low-FODMAP diet since June 2010, and found it's helped a lot with my IBS. It does make food a bigger issue, though, so I decided to write up some of my tasty experiments. I'm also an avid crafter, particularly crochet, so I thought I'd put up a few of my patterns as well.